Graye-sur-Mer

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Graye-sur-Mer
Commune
The church in Graye-sur-Mer
Coat of arms
Location of Graye-sur-Mer
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Coordinates: 49°19′48″N 0°28′16″W / 49.33°N 0.4711°W / 49.33; -0.4711
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Bayeux
Canton	Courseulles-sur-Mer
Intercommunality	CC Seulles Terre Mer
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Pascal Thiberge[1]
Area 1	6.54 km2 (2.53 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	767
• Density	120/km2 (300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	14318 /14470
Elevation	2–47 m (6.6–154.2 ft) (avg. 6 m or 20 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Graye-sur-Mer is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region, in northwestern France, approximately 1 km west of Courseulles-sur-Mer, and 18 km east of Bayeux.^[3][4]

The commune probably acquired its name from an old landed estate in its vicinity owned by Anchetil de Greye, a Norman chevalier and vassal of William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford, one of the great magnates of early Norman England, and one of the very few proven companions of William the Conqueror known to have fought at the Battle of Hastings in 1066.